Means for protecting corns.



P. WETZEL. MEANS FOR PROTECTING CORNS; AP'PLICAUON men MAR. so. 1916.

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PAUL WETZEL, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK. V

MEANS run PROTECTING corms- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 16, 1917.

Application filed March 30, 1916. Serial No. 87,704.

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, PAUL WETZEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Rochelle in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Means for Protecting Corns,

V of which the following is a full, clear, and

exact description. Y

My invention has for its object to provide means for protecting corns consisting of elongated protectors which are disposed at the rear of the corn to be treated, and longitudinally of the toe having the corn, an end of the protector being concave. In this way an extensive surface is disposed adjacent the corn, to prevent undue pressure of the shoe thereagainst, while the protector is so disposed that it is prevented from pressing against and irritating the corn under normal conditions. It will also be seen that with a slight movement of the foot in the shoe, such as may take place in walking, the normal movement of the foot relatively to the shoe will not bring the protector into.

contact with the corn, while any momentary pressure of the foot into the shoe will move the corn slightly away from the top of the protector. The protector will, therefore, prevent undue pressure against the corn,

while the protector is so shaped that there is no danger of its irritating the corn. The corn protectors are not only shaped to accomplish the purpose desired, but their form is such that they may be cut from a,

blank with absolutely no waste.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in'the following specification, in which the preferred form of the invention is described.

In the drawings, similar reference characters denote similar which- Figure 1 is a view illustrating'my improved means for protecting a corn; Fig. 2 is a view showing the protector; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. j 1 7 By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that a protector5 is elongated, and that one of its ends is concave at 6, while the other end is convex at 7. i This construction is such that the protectors may be cut Copies of this patent may be'obtained for protector parts in allthe views, in

from a blank with absolutely no waste, the out which separates oneprotector from an adjacent protector forming the concave end -6 1n one protector and the convex end 7 in the adjacent protector. One face of the protector 5 is provided with adhesive material 8 by which means the secured in place at the rear of the corn.

The protector 5 should be disposed longitudinally of the toe 9 having a corn 10, aid at the rear of the said corn, the concave end 6 being disposed adjacent the corn 10, and the convexend 6 being disposed at the rear of the protector. When the protector is so disposed, it will be seen that any vertical movement of the toe 9 will not in any way bring thecorninto engagement with the top of the protector 5.which, ofcourse, has some movement tom of the protector the toe 9 by means of relatively to the bot-- 5 which is secured to" the adhesive material protector 5 may be 7 8. It will also be seen that with the forward pressure of the toe 9 into the shoe, the

corn 10 will be moved slightly away from the top of the protector mal position, the curved tector will assist the movementvof the top of the protector 5, so that there will be no danger of the Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;

1. An elongated corn protector having an end" slightly may be disposed wholly at therear of a corn and in close proximity to the rear of the corn to remove pressure from the corn without confining the sides of the corn. 7

2. An elongated corn protectorhaving one end slightly concave so that the protector may be disposed wholly at the rear of a corn and 'in close proximity to the corn at its rearward portion for removing pressure "from the corn without confining the sides thereof, and'with the other end of the protector convex, to assist inthe movement of the shoe over the protector- 5, and when the j toe 9 with its corn 10 again assumes its nor-j end 7- of the procorn 10 contacting with the ,5, which would irritate the corn.

concave so that the protector i In testimony whereof I have signed my '7 name to "this specification. 1

PAUL WETZEL.

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